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They look like flowers of the Convolvulus family to me but don't have a creeping/climbing habit

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Comments (3)

I think that if people want botanical ID's that they need to recognize the value of sideviews showing the outer tube and the sepals. I get the very strong impression that most of the posters are looking to post 'pretty' photo gallery frontal views , which often lack sufficient characteristics to enable an accurate botanical ID. I don't think it is an Operculina...the anthers aren't right...it looks like a small flowered Merremia , but nothing that I am familiar with.. I honestly cannot determine if the leaves and stems belong to the same plant that the bloom is on... I have this copied to show a friend of mine who is a botanist in Thailand very interested in Convolvulaceae and I will post when I am able to contact him for feedback...we'll see what he thinks... P.S. - photo # 1 and # 3 are exactly the same as is photo # 2 and # 4...
Looks very similar to this Operculina turpethum ~ Transparent Wood Rose Ron but the growth different. What do you think?
Has an Ipomoea type stigma, so, it's not any thing in the Convolvulus genus....
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PublishedNovember 3, 2011

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